This all starts on Jahsonic blog in an entry on National stereotypes from 2006. Well, I guess it goes back to the 1970's, but we will get to that in a minute. This led to a follow-up post in November 2006, quoting:
Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it's all organised by the Swiss.
Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lover's Swiss, the police German and it's all organised by the Italians.
I believe I originally saw this in the 1980's. The interesting thing about this post is that the quote is attributed to Ahmet Ertegun. Ertegun was a pivotal figure in the early days of rock music, signing Led Zeppelin to Atlantic Records and convincing CS&N to add the Y. He was a founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and was inducted in 1987. Upon his death, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin performed their last concert together.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Best American Rock Band
Gibson ran a series on their site about the 50 Greatest American Rock Bands. Frankly, their selection is somewhat ridiculous. They name Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as number 1, granting the E Street Band prominence it hasn't seen since 1975. I decided to use another criteria. If a band's wikipedia description included the words "American" "rock" and "band" the group was eligible. The next criteria was album sales. I used Wikipedia for this, but I checked references and the numbers are good.
At the top of the list are the bands with the highest certified sales from the List of Best Selling Artists:
Topping the list - The Eagles (Even though Hotel California has been called the worst rock song ever written)
2 - Aerosmith
3 - Bon Jovi
4 - Chicago
Next, I went with best selling alboms worldwide. You could argue that having one of the best selling albums ever in the world doesn't make you a great band, but if you can move that many people to buy your music, you must be doing something right. I didn't repeat anyone from the top 4 above.
The next on the list, in my order of preference:
5 - Linkin Park
6 - Santana
7 - Nirvana
8 - Guns N' Roses
9 - Iron Butterfly
Yeah, that Iron Butterfly thing is a surprise to me, too. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is apparently the 35th highest selling album in the world. It was the first Platinum album awarded when the RIAA began certifying them in 1976. Overall, it has sold as many copies (25 million) as "The Joshua Tree." Go figure.
Finally, to round out the list, I went to the Best Selling Albums in the US. The biggest selling album by a group not listed above, at 17x Platinum, is:
10 - Boston
So there is the top 10. I'm not going any further because "Cracked Rear View" went 16x Platinum and I'm not putting that band on any "best list" that I write.
And if you still want to argue about album sales making a rock band "best" I refer you to the movie Bad Teacher and Jason Segel's commentary on Jordan vs. James. That's the only argument I need, Shawn.
At the top of the list are the bands with the highest certified sales from the List of Best Selling Artists:
Topping the list - The Eagles (Even though Hotel California has been called the worst rock song ever written)
2 - Aerosmith
3 - Bon Jovi
4 - Chicago
Next, I went with best selling alboms worldwide. You could argue that having one of the best selling albums ever in the world doesn't make you a great band, but if you can move that many people to buy your music, you must be doing something right. I didn't repeat anyone from the top 4 above.
The next on the list, in my order of preference:
5 - Linkin Park
6 - Santana
7 - Nirvana
8 - Guns N' Roses
9 - Iron Butterfly
Yeah, that Iron Butterfly thing is a surprise to me, too. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is apparently the 35th highest selling album in the world. It was the first Platinum album awarded when the RIAA began certifying them in 1976. Overall, it has sold as many copies (25 million) as "The Joshua Tree." Go figure.
Finally, to round out the list, I went to the Best Selling Albums in the US. The biggest selling album by a group not listed above, at 17x Platinum, is:
10 - Boston
So there is the top 10. I'm not going any further because "Cracked Rear View" went 16x Platinum and I'm not putting that band on any "best list" that I write.
And if you still want to argue about album sales making a rock band "best" I refer you to the movie Bad Teacher and Jason Segel's commentary on Jordan vs. James. That's the only argument I need, Shawn.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: Google to Retire Blogger & Picasa Brands in Google+ Push
EXCLUSIVE: Google to Retire Blogger & Picasa Brands in Google+ Push. Hmmm... What does this mean? Changes are a comin'
PC World - Learn Camera Settings
Play With an Online Simulator to Learn Camera Settings - at first glance, this looks kind of cool, but it may be all sizzle and no steak. I will let you know if I find this to be useful (as if).
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Free stuff for PC's
I see a lot more links/articles for free stuff than I could ever download and test, but this looks pretty interesting - Best Free Stuff for Your PC (and Mobile Devices). Of course, I've been using some of the tools - like Irfanview - for as long as I can remember.
i also found an article for free games on 1UP: 101 Free Games 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Pop Music 2010.
It all starts with the Billboard Hot 100.
Then DJ Earworm gets a hold of it, and mashes it up.
Then Mashable notices and publishes an article: Mashup Combines This Year’s Top 25 Songs.
The result:
Then DJ Earworm gets a hold of it, and mashes it up.
Then Mashable notices and publishes an article: Mashup Combines This Year’s Top 25 Songs.
The result:
PS - you can get the MP3 from a link on the DJearworm.com site.
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